The restorative outcomes of forest school and conventional school in young people with good and poor behaviour

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 205-212

  Roe, Jenny ^a   Aspinall, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mood; Personal projects; Restoration; School; Urban forest

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MENTAL HEALTH; RESEARCH WORK; URBAN AREA; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 79960283479     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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